Stake-holder.



L. TEEGARDEN.

STAKE HOLDER. Y

APPLICATION FILED 111211.18. 1911.

l ,075,448. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

LEVI TEEGARDEN, OF KNAPP, WISCONSIN.

STAKE-HOLDER.

antenas.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Application iled April 18, 1911. Serial No. 622,013.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEVI TEEGARDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knapp, in the county of Dunn and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stake-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for securing log holding stakes in position, and for permitting certain of the stakes to drop when the logs are to be unloaded.

The object of the invention is to insure the safety of the workmen engaged in unloading logs, also to prevent accidental falling of any of the logs from the car upon the main track while said Car is standing` upon a sid* ing, or to prevent the dropping of any of the logs at any time through carelessness 1n handling the car.

A still further object of the invention is to release both ends of the log at the same time and to thereby prevent the logs falling crosswise, as is the case where the stakes holding the logs upon the car are removed one at a time.

The invention in brief consists of a stake holder having a movable bottom and side, means for normally holding said side and bottom into proper position with relation to lined sides so as to form a pocket within which the lower portion of the stake is secured, the said movable bottom and side falling downwardly when released, and thereby releasing the stakes upon one side of the car and permitting the logs to roll from the car upon the usual skid. l

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a plan View of a car provided with two sets of stake holders upon each side, one set of stake holders having stakes therein, and the other set showing the stakes removed upon one side. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2*?, of Fig. 1 a plate being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing one of the stake pockets.

In these drawings 1 represents an ordinary log car, which is of sufficient length to receive two piles of logs and which is therefore provided with tw) sets of stake holders 2, of the ordinary construction upon one side of the car, and in which are secured suitable stakes 3. Upon the opposite side of the car are placed my special stake holder which consists of two vertically arranged parallel plates 4l, which plates are bolted to opposite sides of the end portions of transverse beams 5, the plates extending outwardly upon the sides of the car beyond the beam. Pivotally connected to and between said side plates is a curved or angled plate 6 which forms the bottom and outer side of the stake pocket. Shafts 7 pass transversely through the plates 4 and the beams and suitable chains 8 are secured to eyes 9, carried by the free ends of the plates and are also secured to and adapted to be wound upon the shaft 7. It will be understood of course that a shaft is provided for each set of pockets so that each pile of logs can be handled independent of the other. Operating shafts 10 are journaled across the car and are provided upon one end with worm gears 11 which mesh with worm wheels 12 carried by the shaft 7, and at the opposite ends the shafts 10 are provided with hand wheels 13 which may be locked against rotation by any suitable means, such as a chain, and a seal as at 14:, or by means of a chain and pad lock. The stakes 3 which are placed in the special form of pockets are connected to the stakes 3 tting in the regular pockets by means of the usual top chains 15.

When the logs in a pile are to be unloaded it is simply necessary to disengage the top chains connecting the stakes upon opposite sides of the pile of logs, and then by rotating the proper hand wheel 13 one of the shaft wheels 7 will be rotated so as to unwind the chains 8, thereby permitting the plates 6 forming portions of the pockets of the stakes to be dropped to fall into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 3. The pressure of the logs upon the stakes will of course force them from the pockets and the logs permitted to roll upon the usual receiving skids. It will be obvious of course that if desired my pockets can be arranged upon both sides of the car by duplicating the construction shown in order to discharge logs from either side. It will also be obvious that a workman operating the hand wheel for the purpose of releasing two of the stakes is upon the opposite side of the car from that upon which the logs will be discharged and is therefore out of danger of injury from the falling of the logs.

What Iv claim is:- chains pivotally connected to said movable The combination With a car having` transbottom and side memberl and adapted to verse beams, of plates carried by and pro- Wind on said shaft adjacent said beams.

jecting beyond said beams, a movable bot- LEVI TEEGARDEN. 5 tom and side member pivotally mounted to itnessesc swing between each pair of plates, a Shaft C. R. CASE,

passing through said plates and beams, and WM. MILBURN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, C. 

